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skrobism
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Cathago Has fallen!
All hail Bananis Imperialis Emperor McMeadows!
Long Live Rome!
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ormuzd
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Carthago destroyed
great news
Lonf live emperor McMeadows! We shall never forget his reign
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Aqualung71
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Lord Desolator of the Desolation Row, C3CDG
Oct 2002
time: 12:19
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Senators, now we have had 5 Emperors and 25 turns I suggest it is time for a formal review of Rome's global strategy.
The war with Carthage continues to drag, and we have still to secure the strategic coup of gaining control over Sardinia and Corsica. Yet look to the east, good Senators, and you will be astonished at the growing power of Persia and the solid expansion of Macedonia. It is here that we must now concentrate our efforts - eastern expansion along the coast of Macedonia, where we can settle or capture towns that will benefit from their closeness to our capital, by being easier to control, garrison and have reasonably low levels of corruption.
The Celts have also expanded somewhat, but their land still remains too far north to be of much benefit within the empire of Rome.
Thoughts, ex-Emperors, Senators and countrymen?
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Modo44
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in western Poland
Jul 2004
time: 06:19
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* reading reports from Roman lands *
* reading some more *
* grubble grubble *
Sorry, this was the wrong place. I have moved my short-term strategy talk to the aprorpiate thread.
Emperor Aqualung, I don't think our overall strategy should change much. The war with Carthage lasts long, yes, but we are winning it. I see no reason to stop now. If we leave them alone now, we will have a thorn in our side. A thorn that can be removed, if we keep strong!
Last edited by Modo44 on 13-12-2004 at 02:01
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skrobism
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This Emperor Snoopy, the Imperial Banana that he is, seeks too much control over Rome. He looks to double his term even before he begins. This Senate should watch our new Emperor closely.
Long live Rome!
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ormuzd
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I think snoopy is right - we should make more general decisions and every next emperor will have some guidance. Because someone may think the garrisoned troops are few, someone may find it better to increase the luxury, etc.
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snoopy369
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Of the Peanuts Gallery
Apr 2004
time: 23:19
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If the Senate wishes to micromanage the game, then the Senate should do so - and the Emperor will leave them to it, retiring to his bedchambers with his wife and concubines and whatnot. The Emperor would wish the Senate all the luck in the world - and when the Senate returned to him, begging him to return and make the individual decisions such that the Senate would not be reduced to spending weeks debating the move of a single Citizen to one square or its neighbor, he would gladly step back, smile, and nod - and then return to the control that was granted him, for a reason.
Gentlemen, Rome at no point in its history has allowed a group of many to make small individual decisions. We have had Emperors, we have had Consuls, we have had Dictators. In each stage in our development, we have appointed one man or a small number (2) to make day-to-day decisions, such that the Senate is not forced to debate mundane details. The Senate is here to ensure the will of the People is carried out in the big picture; the Emperor is here to see that will carried out in the details.
The Senate's power is in fact greatly misused to direct individual details; they trust the Emperor to do such things, and instead discuss the grand issues that concern the Empire, which is where the need for their wisdom and grace is found. Every hour the Senate spends debating the precise movement of a Century, the less time they have to discuss whether Carthage has suffered enough, or whether the people should be granted relief from their taxes during the famine, or whether Jupiter has been adequately appeased this month; people could literally die because of such matters.
[ooc] Besides - there's no way 2 of you/us, not to mention half, are going to agree on that specific of details. Seriously, this game should be about the Senate managing the big details and the Emperor the small. You *could* debate the movements on the map - but that would take forever, and the three or four loudest people would inevitably win, which takes out the fun for the rest of us.
Each of us have a chance to be the Emperor - but LET UP A LITTLE once you're not emperor any more. This is not the game for the control freaks (including me, sometimes). It's for fun ... and it's not fun to sit here and be told every little thing I should do, especially when it's with the tone of "Do this, little slave boy", which some of you take from time to time. Seriously - please - lighten the tone a little, or you're going to have a lot less people next time around, and that's not a good thing for any of us. [/ooc]
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